Prof Martin Attrill
@martinattrill.bsky.social
Prof Marine Ecology Plymouth Uni; Chief Scientific Advisor Ocean Conservation Trust; Trustee Manta Trust; Loves Seagrass; Originator National Marine Park concept; Founder MSc Marine Conservation @PlymUni. Green-tinged humanist.
After amazing efforts from The #MantaTrust team, we can announce the public launch of MantaBase, a global database for Manta and Devil rays. Here you can directly contribute by submitting photos, videos and information from your manta and devil ray encounters! mantabase.org/home
MantaBase
MantaBase: the world's largest Manta and Devil Ray Sightings Database
mantabase.org
In June 1966, scientist James Lovelock warned Shell in a confidential memo of “the almost certain fact that the climate is worsening and the probability that the combustion of fuel is responsible.” Shell would later become "a founding member of the denialist Global Climate Coalition." 😑
The Lovelock Papers: Shell’s Hidden Climate Knowledge Under Scrutiny as Court Battle Looms
“What seems to be important,” wrote the visionary British scientist, James Lovelock, in June 1966, is “the almost certain fact that the climate is worsening and the probability that the combustion of ...
desmog.com
Bordeaux, France, has now recorded more days above 40°C in 2026 alone than during the entire 105-year period from 1920 (when observations began) to 2025. This is deeply shocking.
Weird damp stuff has just fallen from the sky for 10 mins in Devon. Please explain 🤷🏼♂️🤷🏼♂️
Roasting! Heathrow recently reporting 35C (95F) just after 3pm this is 7th day this year in UK we have seen these temperatures. From 1977 to 1989 nowhere in UK saw 35C, if you omit 1976 you could go back to 1958. Over 30 consecutive years. Now it’s every other year….
🌊 A healthy society relies on a healthy ocean. Help protect our seas this #NatureConservationDay ✊ 🪸Call for a ban on bottom trawling in marine protected areas ▶️ banbottomtrawling.oceanauk.justpost.cards?utm_source=b... 🛢️Demand an end to new oil & gas ▶️ you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
AI advice made people 3 times less accurate but twice as confident Willingness to say "I don't know" collapsed from 44% to 3% when AI was available AI advice suppresses people’s willingness to say “I don’t know”, even when the advice is wrong and accuracy is incentivized🧪 osf.io/preprints/ps...
Democracy only works when people have access to the facts. That's why I'm supporting @ChrisGPackham's petition calling for a UK-wide public briefing on climate and nature risks. Help us reach 100,000 signatures: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76...
Petition: Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks
The UK faces growing risks from climate and nature breakdown - from extreme weather to economic disruption and national security threats. Yet the public has never been given a clear national briefing ...
petition.parliament.uk
A clip from a freight train stopped in a wildfire near Armstrong, Ontario. Thankfully, the crew escaped safely. Wildfire is nothing new but the burning of fossil fuels is making them larger, more frequent and severe.
Eva Holland@evaholland.bsky.social · 3w agoAstonishing video of a freight train's crew, stopped in the midst of a raging wildfire near Armstrong, Ontario, in order to let another oncoming train pass: www.instagram.com/reel/DaymbMr...
🌡️🌊 UK seas are in the grip of a MASSIVE marine heatwave 🚨 This is the legacy of the fossil fuel era. It's time to leave planet-heating oil & gas behind, so we can power our future with clean, renewable energy ACT NOW ➡️ you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
Interviewer, "How will you represent the people of Clacton if you win the election?" Count Binface, "I won't. As far as I'm aware that's a requirement of the job." Comedy gold.🤣🤣🤣 #bbcbreakfast
Mentally, one of the most difficult things about modern life is watching the planet burn, understanding why it's burning but having swathes of people with the analytical powers of a tree frog influenced by Big Petro to genuinely believe it's a hoax
This large structure has appeared on the shore near Wembury, S Devon. Anyone know what it is?
We are one of the world’s leading hubs for #MarineResearch🌊 The Marine Research Plymouth Alliance brings together Plymouth Marine Laboratory, University of Plymouth & Marine Biological Association to tackle global ocean challenges through pioneering science. Watch our new film 👇
Check out this amazing new short film on the UK #octopus bloom by the very talented David Palfrey: "Bloomin Octopus - a Tentacular Spectacular!" A fresh take on all the angles around this incredible phenomenon. Proud to have been involved youtu.be/tEK8P4b-2Qw?... 🐙 @thembauk.bsky.social 🐙
Christmas tree 🎄 worms 🪱 Spirobranchus corniculatus (Grube,1862) in the Wakatobi Marine National Park, SE Sulawesi, Indonesia 🇮🇩 Published in the journal Marine Biology @springernature 🔗https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00227-026-04834-5 #fyp #spirobranchus #christmastreeworm #soniajrowley
🎉 +15 MILLION oysters will be released into the North Sea in one of the biggest rewilding projects in UK waters! This will re-establish a huge oyster bed around Orkney that experts say will help repair damaged marine habitats while sequestering carbon https://bit.ly/3Q9sw5d
More than 15m oysters to be released in the North Sea for UK rewilding project
Exclusive: Experts say scheme will help repair damaged marine ecosystems while sequestering large amounts of carbon
theguardian.com
That's neat. Filled up my $1000 NZD ($571 USD) electric car for $0.02 NZD ($0.01 USD). Did it with solar power even though it's a cloudy day. It's so cheap it honestly feels illegal. No wonder oil companies hate these things.
Au revoir coastal nuclear Models based on peer reviewed data - UK new #nuclear at #SizewellC will be almost entirely cut off by flood water at least once per year by the time it's built. And will only get worse.
Extraordinary triple rainbow before the Rugby today. Come on Albion!
Precious - if you bought All Saints from Poundland #totp
